my parents do feel, but they feel solely for themselves. They are egocentric, and they do not, cannot, and will not feel for me or for the things they have done to me. They will only focus on my reaction to their abuse and how my reaction made them feel. The only thing our toxic family members process is if they feel loved or hated, regardless of what they’ve done to cause and provoke our negative or positive reactions. Who we are and what we feel are not considerations for them. In some way it’s not always that our toxic family members are trying to hurt us; rather, they just aren’t thinking
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Hoooooooly.
